BAY CITY, MI — A 44-year-old Bay City man police say exposed himself to McDonald's drive-through employees twice in the same evening has been bound over to Bay County Circuit Court.

Cory D. Peterson's case was scheduled for a preliminary examination the afternoon of Tuesday, Oct. 15, before Bay County Chief District Judge Timothy J. Kelly. Rather than having the hearing, Peterson opted to waive his right to it, prompting Kelly to bind the case over to Circuit Court, where he'll either have to face a trial or plead.

According to court records, police on the night of Sunday, Sept. 8, responded to a call of a male subject masturbating in the drive-through of the McDonald’s at 314 Washington Ave. in Bay City.

Peterson's next court date is pending. He is charged with aggravated
indecent exposure, normally a two-year high-court misdemeanor, but
Peterson’s number of previous felony convictions increases the maximum
potential penalty to 15 years.

Peterson’s criminal record includes convictions of attempted possession of narcotics in 1990 and 1998, attempted malicious destruction of property more than $100 and carrying a concealed weapon in 1991, breaking and entering with intent in 1992 and fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct in 2003. Due to that last conviction, Peterson must register as a sex offender until Jan. 21, 2028.

Peterson is free on bond, a condition of which is that he not patronize any drive-thru windows.